PADI Diving Courses in Malaysia

The Best Range of PADI Diving Courses in Kota Kinabalu

Are you a certified diver coming on holiday to Kota Kinabalu, Sabah? Do you want to complete a fun, high quality and safe PADI Scuba Diving Courses during your holiday? Then choose Borneo Dream - an authorised PADI Dive Operator (PADI 5 Star Resort) - and enjoy a great choice of PADI diving courses in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.

We provide a full range of PADI Diving Courses in Kota Kinabalu to meet all scuba diving needs for certified divers. Choose from the popular PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course, become a more able diver and buddy via the PADI Rescue Diver course, improve your diving skills through a range of PADI Speciality dive courses or become a Dive Professional via the PADI Divemaster course.

Stay & Dive Promotional Packages!! Stay at Asia's famous Shangri-La's Rasa Ria Resort & Spa in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia and enjoy some amazing sea based activities with Borneo Dream. Choose from PADI Discover Scuba Diving combined with Guided Snorkelling, Leisure diving for certified divers (6 dives) or learning to dive with a PADI Open Water Diver Course. The price mentioned is for 2 persons doing the same activity staying in the same room. For inclusions and exclusions please see below.

The PADI Adventure Diver Course is a one day course and provides an introduction to speciality diving. During this course you will complete three course dives which you will choose from a range of speciality dives including underwater photography, deep diving, underwater navigation, fish identification and more. A good choice for a certified PADI Open Water Diver who only has a day free and wants to learn more about a selection of diving skills.

Are you a new diver who is still not confident with your buoyancy? Or a diver who has not dived in a while and feeling a bit rusty? Then the PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy Course could be an ideal choice for you. During this one day course you'll practice various buoyancy skills, improve your breathing technique when diving and learn what your ideal weighting is. By the end of the day you will be far more confident with managing your buoyancy, and will probably be using less weights helping your air last longer on a dive. A win, win result!

The PADI EFR Emergency First Response course is a half day first aid course suitable for all. The course focuses upon building your confidence, and ability, to respond effectively to a medical emergency. You will cover primary care, secondary care and CPR during this half day office based course.

Ever wanted to dive deeper as a recreational diver? Whether it be because you want to dive on deeper wrecks, along drop-offs or just fancy the adrenalin rush of diving further into the unknown (safely of course). Then the PADI Deep Diver is the choice for you. You need to be a certified PADI Advanced Open Water Diver to start with. Over two days you'll complete four deep dives before becoming certified to dive to a cool 40 metres.

Are you new to scuba diving as a certified diver and new to diving from boats? Then you could consider the PADI Boat Diver Speciality Course to improve your skills, and confidence, at safely diving from boats. A one day, very practical course with some boat knowledge development included. By the end of the day you'll know the best ways to safely exit and enter a boat as well as know the location of the bow, stern and head of a boat - three very important locations :-).

When most certified divers plan a dive they don't typically follow the 'square profile' used by the PADI Recreational Dive Planner. You normally plan a dive with multiple levels - starting deeper first, getting shallower during the dive and finishing with a safety stop. The PADI Multi Level Diver Speciality Course teaches you how to plan a safe multi level dive, and the difference using a dive computer can make to the length of your dive.

Are you a certified diver who has not dived for serval years? Then you could consider the one day PADI Scuba Review Course. This course provides a full refresher of the core scuba diving skills, the knowledge to dive safely and practicing your diving buoyancy skills. At he end of the PADI Scuba Review you will feel able, and confident, to go fun diving and get the most enjoyment from your dives.

The PADI Bubblemaker Experience offers children aged 8 - 9 years old to experience scuba diving for the first time. This one day try dive offers an exciting adventure for your child during their holiday in Kota Kinabalu, and the chance for you as a Parent to dive with them and see the look of wonder and awe on their face. If your child is 10 years or older then you can consider the PADI Discover Scuba Diving Experience as a more 'grown up' option for them.

Everyone wants to be able to capture photos during their dives or when snorkeling in the sea to help us treasure the memories of the amazing underwater world. With the PADI Digital Underwater Photography course we teach you the techniques and skills to be able to take a great photo below the waves - from camera and housing preparation, learning underwater photo techniques, composing your photos through to adjusting your photos once downloaded. A picture perfect course!

The PADI Rescue Diver Course is one of the most fun, challenging and rewarding PADI Courses you will complete! The two day PADI Rescue Diver Course aims to help you become a more competent diver and dive buddy by improving your skills at pre-empting, and reacting to, diver rescue situations. A great choice for certified PADI Advanced Open Water Divers looking to take their diving skills to the next level.

The PADI elearning Advanced Open Water Diver Course offers a great alternative for certified Open Water Divers wanting to become a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah but not wanting to have to study on holiday. All the pre-study is completed on-line via PADI eLearning in advance of your holiday. Once on holiday you can focus on your course dives and learning new diving skills.

A great value Stay & Dive package in Kota Kinabalu with Borneo Dream. Choose from a range of popular PADI course options combined with accommodation at a comfortable Backpacker Lodge in Kota Kinabalu - giving you access to high quality diving instruction with Borneo Dream and helping your holiday budget go further. This Stay & Dive Budget Package is based upon minimum 3 persons booking the same course package together. Whether it be learning to dive via the 'PADI Open Water Diver', or for certified divers the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver package.

Interested in learning to dive on Nitrox? Wanting to dive for longer before the 'no decompression limit' kicks in? Then the PADI Enriched Air Diver Course is your ideal choice. The PADI Enriched Air Diver Course as a half day 'Dry Course'. You can also choose to combine it with a 2 dive trip to Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park so you get to dive on Nitrox / Enriched Air too - a great combo!

The PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course is a popular choice for certified PADI Open Water Divers (or equivalent) wanting to progress their diver education and learn new diving skills. The PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course involves completing five course dives over two days which provide an introduction to speciality diving and learning how to dive safely to 30 metres. Upon completing the course you are certified to dive to 30 metres. Cool!

If you are wanting to become a PADI Rescue Diver in Kota Kinabalu and don't want to waste time studying on holiday then the PADI eLearning Rescue Diver Course is an ideal choice. You complete all your academics on-line via PADI eLearning before you come on holiday. Once in Kota Kinabalu you spend two days completing the scuba diving activities (skills sessions and rescue scenarios) to complete your PADI eLearning Rescue Diver Course.

The PADI Divemaster Course is the first professional level course offered by PADI. It is aimed at certified PADI Rescue Divers who either dream of becoming a PADI Instructor, or want to become more well rounded divers. At Borneo Dream we aim to help all our Divemaster students become positive role model Dive Professionals and offer our PADI Divemaster students a personalised training itinerary with regular feedback, coaching and support. Choose Borneo Dream for your first step to becoming a Dive Professional.

Take home memories - Why not rent a underwater camera with your next snorkeling or diving trip. Rent our exclusive Nikon W300 or the super dooper Canon G16 complete with housing. They are 12 and 16 mega pixel respectively and are capable of diving to depths of 40 metres. With a few minutes of tuition you can get some great underwater images to remember your trip by.

The PADI Discover Scuba Diving Experience is a wonderful way to experience scuba diving for the first time. This one day try dive with Borneo Dream includes a diving skills training session and two dives. You'll have the chance, under the guidance of our experienced PADI Instructors, to go scuba diving in the tropical, warm waters of Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park and see an amazing array of colourful marine life including a Turtle if we're lucky!

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Why choose Borneo Dream...

Borneo Dream Travel & Tours Sdn Bhd are a fully licensed and insured Malaysian Tour Operator and a 5 Star PADI Dive Resort. Therefore we can offer you not only a fantastic selection of land, wildlife adventure tours such as the Kinabatangan River and Danum Valley but also snorkelling tours and scuba diving trips and courses. At the same time, you can rest assured you are always in safe hands.